On May 24, 1935, George Weyerhaeuser — the young son of Washington lumber magnate J.P. Weyerhaeuser Jr. — was kidnapped in Tacoma while walking home from school.
In the nearly 90 years since, the abduction has become one of the most well-known cases in the annals of Pacific Northwest crime. The FBI has a page about the kidnapping on its website, and just this week, Seattle author Bryan Johnston released the first-ever full-length book, “Deep in the Woods,” on the subject.
But what’s less known, perhaps, is how one local media outlet became entangled in the story.
In addition to covering the event from wall to wall, the P-I
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